On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 07:25:38 PM Jens Hatlak wrote:
> Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> > David E. Ross wrote:
> >> I put the following into my user.js file in my profile:
> >> user_pref("browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML", true);
> >> // automatically export bookmarks into an HTML file
> >> The first line is what does it; don't forget the semi-colon (;)
> >> at the end of the line.
> >
> > Why does it need a semi-colon at the end of the line if the
> > language is JavaScript ?
>
> Because it's not actually a random JS file but a file that happens to
> contain valid JS code and have a .js extension, but which is otherwise
> restricted to a certain syntax of its contents. AFAIK it's not even
> read by the normal JS interpreter but by a specific prefs parser.
>
> This is similar to bookmarks.html, which contains mostly valid HTML
> but which is restricted to a certain syntax, too. Both files are
> expected to only be written by machines (e.g. Mozilla-based
> software). If you know the format, you can edit them manually, but
> any mistake you make will almost certainly break the functionality of
> automated parsing of the contents.
>
> HTH
>
> Jens
You sure the ; is not needed by the sqlite database. If the export goes
to the database and creates the html from it, sql statements(command
line) usually end in ; at least on MySQL they do.
--
Russ
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